Restore vital energy and rescue from collapse
✅ Critical care: High-dose ginseng decoction can rescue from collapse caused by severe blood loss, profuse sweating, or severe vomiting and diarrhea (cold limbs, weak pulse).
✅ Chronic illness and weakness: Extreme fatigue and shortness of breath caused by post-tumor surgery or long-term chronic illness.
Tonify the spleen and lung, enhance transformation and transportation
✅ Spleen and stomach qi deficiency: Loss of appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, emaciation, and fatigue (often combined with Atractylodes and Poria).
✅ Lung qi deficiency: Shortness of breath, persistent coughing, and susceptibility to colds (often combined with Astragalus and Schisandra).
Generate body fluids and quench thirst
✅ Qi and Yin deficiency: thirst and excessive sweating (e.g., summer heat-induced fluid depletion or diabetes-related thirst), often combined with Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis (Shengmai Decoction formula).
Calm the mind and enhance intelligence
✅ Heart Qi deficiency: palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, and vivid dreams (often combined with Ziziphus jujuba and Euphorbia lobata).
✅ Decline in cognitive function: improve memory and concentration (supported by modern research).